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aping

Variant of ape

noun

  1. any gibbon or great ape
  2. loosely any Old or New World monkey
  3. a person who imitates; mimic
  4. a person who is uncouth, gross, clumsy, etc.

transitive verb aped, aping

to imitate or mimic

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